To metabolomics and beyond: a technological portfolio to investigate cancer metabolism

F Danzi, R Pacchiana, A Mafficini, MT Scupoli… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Tumour cells have exquisite flexibility in reprogramming their metabolism in order to support
tumour initiation, progression, metastasis and resistance to therapies. These reprogrammed …

Integrating mitochondrial aerobic metabolism into ecology and evolution

RE Koch, KL Buchanan, S Casagrande, O Crino… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2021 - cell.com
Biologists have long appreciated the critical role that energy turnover plays in understanding
variation in performance and fitness among individuals. Whole-organism metabolic studies …

FGF21–Sirtuin 3 Axis confers the protective effects of exercise against diabetic cardiomyopathy by governing mitochondrial integrity

L Jin, L Geng, L Ying, L Shu, K Ye, R Yang, Y Liu… - Circulation, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Exercise is an effective nonpharmacological strategy to alleviate diabetic
cardiomyopathy (DCM) through poorly defined mechanisms. FGF21 (fibroblast growth factor …

Spatial mapping of mitochondrial networks and bioenergetics in lung cancer

M Han, EA Bushong, M Segawa, A Tiard, A Wong… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Mitochondria are critical to the governance of metabolism and bioenergetics in cancer cells.
The mitochondria form highly organized networks, in which their outer and inner membrane …

Restoration of lysosomal acidification rescues autophagy and metabolic dysfunction in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

J Zeng, R Acin-Perez, EA Assali, A Martin… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disease in the world.
High levels of free fatty acids in the liver impair hepatic lysosomal acidification and reduce …

Inhibition of ATP synthase reverse activity restores energy homeostasis in mitochondrial pathologies

R Acin‐Perez, C Benincá, L Fernandez del Rio… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
The maintenance of cellular function relies on the close regulation of adenosine
triphosphate (ATP) synthesis and hydrolysis. ATP hydrolysis by mitochondrial ATP Synthase …

Coordinated transcriptional and catabolic programs support iron-dependent adaptation to RAS–MAPK pathway inhibition in pancreatic cancer

M Ravichandran, J Hu, C Cai, NP Ward, A Venida… - Cancer discovery, 2022 - AACR
The mechanisms underlying metabolic adaptation of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
(PDA) cells to pharmacologic inhibition of RAS–MAPK signaling are largely unknown. Using …

Mitochondrial fission drives neuronal metabolic burden to promote stress susceptibility in male mice

WT Dong, LH Long, Q Deng, D Liu, JL Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Neurons are particularly susceptible to energy fluctuations in response to stress.
Mitochondrial fission is highly regulated to generate ATP via oxidative phosphorylation; …

TMEM135 links peroxisomes to the regulation of brown fat mitochondrial fission and energy homeostasis

D Hu, M Tan, D Lu, B Kleiboeker, X Liu, H Park… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Mitochondrial morphology, which is controlled by mitochondrial fission and fusion, is an
important regulator of the thermogenic capacity of brown adipocytes. Adipose-specific …

NAD+ repletion with niacin counteracts cancer cachexia

M Beltrà, N Pöllänen, C Fornelli, K Tonttila… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cachexia is a debilitating wasting syndrome and highly prevalent comorbidity in cancer
patients. It manifests especially with energy and mitochondrial metabolism aberrations that …